Annex I Parties are requested to submit a fifth national communication to the secretariat by 1
January 2010 ( decision
10/CP.13). In preparing these national communications, Annex I Parties should follow the revised
reporting guidelines for the preparation of national communications. Additionally, a number of
decisions
and conclusions should be taken into account. In order to facilitate the preparation of the
fourth national communications, the secretariat organized a workshop in Dublin in September 2004.
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The UNFCCC guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I
to the Convention (FCCC/CP/1999/7) and the Guidelines for the preparation of the information required
under Article 7, of the Kyoto Protocol, including on reporting of supplementary information under
Article 7, paragraph 2 (part II of the annex to decision 15/CMP.1) provide guidance for the Parties
included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) on the structure and content of the national
communications. The secretariat prepared an annotated outline as a compilation of provisions of these
guidelines with the view to support Parties in preparing, in accordance with these guidelines, their
fifth national communication (NC5).